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Amazingly I almost missed our anniversary. And by ‘ours’ I mean yours and mine. We’ve been together on this blog for three years now. Three years!If it weren’t for your comments –either posted or when I’ve met you in person at bookstores or in classes – I’d never have kept going. So thank you. Writing is a lonely business and knowing that there are almost 4,000 visits every month to this blog makes me feel like I’m part of a community of writers. You’ve made so many interesting and articulate comments - please know how much you’re appreciated.

Three years! Hard to believe. Good for you. I'm noticing Zadie Smith's "On Beauty" on your "bedside table." Did you read her little memoir about her father in a recent New Yorker? Brilliantly constructed, it read like a fine work of fiction.

Thank you! This is the one blog that I have subscribed in the past few years to that I haven't canceled. I smile every time I see it in my InBox. Thank you for everything....your posts on what's going on with you, the links about writing, and your suggested books-to-read list. It has all been helpful to me.

I feel blessed to have found this blog, and to know there is 4000 writers out there --receiving this precious gem--is so encouraging. I too, am so glad each time I see on in my InBox. I am new here, but am already attached.
Thanks Barbara

Thank you! I am relatively new to your blog, but I find myself looking forward to every entry. Thank you for the book suggestions; writing prompts; ideas; questions; and for sharing your personal writing experiences. You make the writing life seem accessible and available to aspiring writers like me.

Elizabeth - I'm a fan of your blog. (That gorgeous picture of Sophie in the current post!)
Carol - How recent was the NYer? I'm always behind.
June - thank you for those kind words. I'm glad the blog is helpful.
Marilynn - Are you the Marilynn in Arrowhead? If so, please keep me posted on the snow situation next week. Thanks!
Marie - And for those kind words, thank you!

Thank you for creating a cybercommunity. Many a day, I open your message first. It gets me going, and I shamelessly,see if anyone reacts to something I might have posted, especially your comments. You hold us together no matter how far apart we are in reality. Loren

Yes it is Marilynn in Arrowhead, It is suppose to snow at 4K tomorrow (Monday) for just one day---but who knows--hard to trust the weatherman---I'll keep you posted.----
And a little report--I've done 6 days of 15 minute writing on my poem (I'm very slow).I am encouraged to be able to keep the commitment--- as I am also taking an Online "Literary Criticism and Theory"

Barbara,
snow post: this morning awoke to 2 to 2 1/2 inches of powder, cold all day. It didn't melt on the deck, I have not been out to see how the streets are. But is was a beautiful day of blue skies, with majestic clouds. Tomorrow morning (Tues) I am going to Twin Peaks a real test of the roads, that I am sure must be fine. I'll let you know.---I'll be up your way on the week, to the Palisades for a baby shower at my son's house. I have 5 grown children who live in west LA. I never get over the beauty of the ocean as one goes through the tunnel on PCH--it is one of those spots that you wrote about before 'that feeds our soul'
Marilynn

Ms. B, It's been such a unique pleasure to hang out with you in cyberspace. Your blog is a living illustration of how love is distributed in the modern age. Here's to three times three times three three more!!!

Bari, Patty, Sheepish, Cheryl, Kathleen - thanks for those kind words.
Marilynn - thanks for the snow report - I'm on my way up there today. and yes, that first view coming back home of the ocean through the tunnel is a heart stopper.
Mernit - Hanging out wherever with you and the Tater is always a pleasure.

I've been meaning to write to say thank you. I took a class from you in LA before I moved to the UK. Moving meant I left my writing group behind, and Writing Time has been my surrogate, encouraging me along as I write about my new British rural life in my blog, An American in the Cotswolds.